EP1574148A1 - Puderdose - Google Patents

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EP1574148A1
EP1574148A1 EP04005690A EP04005690A EP1574148A1 EP 1574148 A1 EP1574148 A1 EP 1574148A1 EP 04005690 A EP04005690 A EP 04005690A EP 04005690 A EP04005690 A EP 04005690A EP 1574148 A1 EP1574148 A1 EP 1574148A1
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applicator
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Norbert Dumler
Steve Bennett
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Geka Brush GmbH
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Priority to AT04005690T priority patent/ATE366530T1/de
Priority to US11/076,225 priority patent/US7228863B2/en
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D33/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling powdery toiletry or cosmetic substances
    • A45D33/006—Vanity boxes or cases, compacts, i.e. containing a powder receptacle and a puff or applicator
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D40/00—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks
    • A45D40/24—Casings for two or more cosmetics

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  • the present invention relates to a compact, comprising a housing, an applicator and a plurality of recesses in the housing for receiving a cosmetic.
  • a cosmetic is a preparation which is applied externally to the human body for the purpose of preserving, beautifying or altering the appearance of a person to whom the cosmetic is applied.
  • Common cosmetics include lipstick, face powder and eye shadow.
  • mascara is applied to eye lashes, typically to colour or darken them. It is also known to apply mascara to hair to give an altered visual appearance.
  • mascara is applied in liquid form from a tubular plastics housing in which the mascara is stored.
  • the plastics housing has a closed end and a removable cap threadingly received on the other end.
  • An applicator is provided on the cap, in the form of an elongate member having a brush at its free end, which extends away from the cap and is stored within the housing when the cap is in position on the housing.
  • the elongate member extends substantially the whole length of the housing, to enable the brush to be at least partially immersible in any mascara contained within the housing when the applicator is inserted into the housing.
  • the applicator is agitated within the housing to ensure an amount of mascara is loaded on the brush.
  • the applicator is then removed from within the housing, and the brush bearing the mascara is applied in strokes to the underside or top, or both, of the eye lashes of one eye at a time, thereby transferring mascara to the eye lashes.
  • an applicator brush is also provided with the compact, for application of the mascara.
  • the brush or the surface of the solid mascara is first moistened, using saliva for example.
  • the brush is then brought into contact with the solid mascara, to transfer an amount of the mascara to the brush, which is then applied to the eyelashes in the mariner described above.
  • this object is attained in a compact by the length of the applicator and the width of the recesses being co-ordinated for the sum of the widths of the recesses approximately to correspond to the length of the applicator so that the applicator, when stroking across the recesses, is simultaneously loaded with each of the cosmetics contained therein.
  • the recesses are aligned with one another to form a column of recesses.
  • an applicator having a brush at one end is removably stored within the housing, for transferring the cosmetics received in the recesses, for the purpose of preserving, beautifying or altering the external appearance of a person.
  • the compact is stylised externally to correspond generally to the shape of an eye.
  • a method for applying cosmetics to hair comprising the steps of providing a compact, the compact consisting of a housing having a plurality of recesses, in which at least some of the recesses include cosmetics of different visual appearance; bringing a surface of an applicator into simultaneous contact with the cosmetics, to load an amount of the cosmetics on to the applicator; and transferring an amount of the cosmetics from the applicator to a person's hair, for the purpose of preserving, beautifying or altering the external appearance of the person.
  • a compact is indicated generally at 10.
  • the compact 10 is in the form of a plastics moulding and consists of a housing 12 including a hingeably displaceable lid 14 releasably retained in a closed position (as shown) by means of a locking recess (not shown, and described in more detail with reference to Figure 2).
  • the compact 10 is stylised externally to correspond generally to the shape of an eye, when viewed in a mirror, for example.
  • the housing 12 is in the form of a domed ellipsoid, corresponding generally to the visible part an eye ball, and the lid 14 is generally circular, having an iris portion 16 and an elliptical pupil portion 18.
  • Figure 2 shows the compact 10 in an open position in which the lid 14 has been hingeably displaced from the position shown in Figure 1.
  • the lid 14 includes a projection 20 having a nib (not shown) along its lower end for snap-fit engagement with the locking recess, indicated at 22, to releasably retain the lid 14 in the closed position shown in Figure 1.
  • the housing 12 has a concave formation 24 in the region adjacent the locking recess 22, which is shaped to allow a fingernail, for example, to engage the underside of the lid 14 when in the closed position of Figure 1. Hence, when it is desired to release the lid 14, upward force is applied to the underside of the lid 14 to overcome the snap-fit engagement between the nib (not shown) and the locking recess 22, thereby enabling the lid to be moved to the open position shown.
  • the housing 12 includes a concave portion 26, which corresponds in plan view to the area covered by the lid 14 when in the closed position.
  • the concave portion 26 includes a plurality of rectangular recesses, four in this embodiment, one of which is indicated at 28, each for receiving a cosmetic, e.g. a solid mascara preparation.
  • the recesses 28 are arranged in a consecutively aligned column on the concave portion 26, each of the recesses 28 being in alignment with one another, and separated from one another by lands 30.
  • the base of the housing 12 consists of a planar lower surface, including a hingeably displaceable cover 32 for a compartment 34 contained within the housing 12, as can be seen in Figure 3.
  • the cover 32 is movable between a closed position and open position (as shown in Figure 3), and has a nib 36 adapted for snap-fit engagement with a locking aperture 38 on the periphery of the base of the housing 12, by means of which the cover 32 is releasably retainable in the closed position (not illustrated).
  • the nib 36 is engaged by a fingernail, for example, and force is applied to the nib 36 in a direction downwardly away from the housing 12, to overcome the snap-fit engagement with the locking aperture 38.
  • a cosmetics applicator 40 having a handle 42 and a brush 44 is removably stored in the compartment 34, by means of locating plates 46 which are adapted to removably receive the handle 42 and brush 44 of the cosmetics applicator 40.
  • the cover 32 is moved from the closed position (not shown) to the open position of Figure 3.
  • the cosmetics applicator 40 is then removed from its stored position in the housing 12 and the cover 32 is then re-closed.
  • the lid 14 is opened and moisture, for example saliva, is applied to either the brush 44 or the surface of each of the individual mascara preparations.
  • the brush 44 corresponds in length to the height of the consecutively aligned column of recesses 28 containing the individual solid mascara preparations.
  • the pupil portion 18 of the lid 14 is transparent, so that the mascara preparations received on the housing 12 are visible when the lid 14 is in the closed position shown in Figure 1.
EP04005690A 2004-03-10 2004-03-10 Puderdose Expired - Lifetime EP1574148B1 (de)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP04005690A EP1574148B1 (de) 2004-03-10 2004-03-10 Puderdose
PL04005690T PL1574148T3 (pl) 2004-03-10 2004-03-10 Zestaw
DE602004007476T DE602004007476T2 (de) 2004-03-10 2004-03-10 Puderdose
AT04005690T ATE366530T1 (de) 2004-03-10 2004-03-10 Puderdose
US11/076,225 US7228863B2 (en) 2004-03-10 2005-03-10 Compact

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AT (1) ATE366530T1 (de)
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PL (1) PL1574148T3 (de)

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PL1574148T3 (pl) 2007-12-31
US20050199259A1 (en) 2005-09-15
DE602004007476D1 (de) 2007-08-23
DE602004007476T2 (de) 2007-10-31
EP1574148B1 (de) 2007-07-11
US7228863B2 (en) 2007-06-12

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